I’ll probably only be doing one big Prospect Report series per year, but I thought it would be a good idea to track prospect movers in between. I obviously won’t always write about prospects with their rank in mind, but whenever there is a significant shuffling up of the most recently posted rankings I’ll try [...]
Starting Pitchers Note: I’ve discovered that these prospect reports look super janky in the RSS feed. RSS users, I apologize, but if you click through you’ll be in for a much more aesthetically pleasing experience. Since becoming the GM of the Seattle Mariners, Jack Zduriencik has cashed in some of his inherited minor league pitching [...]
Outfielders Barring something unexpected, the Seattle Mariners have two-thirds of their outfield set for the foreseeable future. Ichiro’s contract goes through 2012 and Franklin Gutierrez is on the verge of signing an extension that will keep him around through at least 2013. This is good news considering the nature of Seattle’s outfield prospects. There are [...]
Infielders The Seattle Mariners farm system has produced a steady stream of big league infielders in recent years, though most have developed elsewhere. Before the 2002 season, Ramon Vazquez was dealt to the San Diego Padres after his big league debut as part of the package that landed the Mariners catcher Ben Davis, providing teams [...]
First Basemen Since Tino Martinez’s departure following the 1995 season the Seattle Mariners have relied on free agency to fill their first base needs. Paul Sorrento and David Segui were solid for two seasons each, John Olerud was a minor star for a few seasons before hitting the decline phase of his career, Richie Sexson [...]
Catchers The Seattle Mariners acquired 24 year old Dan Wilson on November 2, 1993. Wilson was dynamite during his Mariner career, but the franchise has had terrible luck with their other young catchers ever since. Jason Varitek was viewed under a microscope as a Mariner farmhand, having to deal with high expectations placed on him [...]
As a follow up to the last post, let’s very quickly compare the preseason Seattle Mariners prospect rankings to the ones we published yesterday. It will be a nice way to track prospects and will also hold me accountable. These rankings are from last December. Go back one post for updated rankings. 1.) Carlos Triunfel. [...]
This report was supposed to come out in Spring Training, but was put off until all affiliated clubs were in season, then until the draft, then until international free agency opened up, then until the trade deadline, and then until the draft pick signing deadline. Luckily, I started running out of dates to push it [...]